WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Nick LaLota, R-New York, issued the following news release: Last week, Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County) spoke in support of protecting and preserving Plum Island at a hearing for the Natural Resources Committee. At the hearing, LaLota questioned National Park Service Deputy Director Mike Reynolds and Louise Harrison of Save the Sound on the importance of protecting Plum Island and what can be done to build support for and advance the Plum Island National Monument  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) issued the following statement in response to President Biden's Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal and Fiscal Year 2025 revenue proposals that threaten the stepped-up basis and impose farm-killing 'marked-to-market' capital gains taxes on property like farmland that has been held in families for 90 years or more.  "Farming is a multi-generational calling, with many prod  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Mary Miller (IL-15) sent a letter to Postmaster Louis DeJoy raising serious concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) plan to downsize the Springfield, Illinois Processing and Distribution Center. The plan could mean worse delivery rates and the relocation of dozens of jobs to the St. Louis area. Budzinski encourages local r  more